Puzzle



G. H. HASWELL PUZZLE Original Filed July 8, 1924 INVENTOR fwM M M ATTORNEYS Patented Get. 20, 1925.

UNITED STATES GEORGE HENRY HASWELL, F YORK, N. Y.

PUZZLE.

Application filed July 8, 1924, Serial No.

To all w 720m it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEonc-n H. HAswnnL, a subject of the King of England, and resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Puzzles, of which the following is a specification.

In my improved puzzle I employ a plurality of hexagonal game pieces of the same size and shape, which may be arranged to form a larger six-sided figure including a central game piece and one or more rows of pieces encircling it. One such encircling row would include six pieces, making seven in all; a second encircling row would include twelve pieces,.making nineteen in all, and a third encircling row would include eighteen pieces, making thirty-seven in all. Each game piece bears six different indicia adjacent to the six sides. In arranging the pieces together, each piece should be so placed that the indicia of the two abutting edges of each pair of pieces shall be properly matched. This may be made comparatively easy or very difiicult, depending upon the number of game pieces and whether or not no two have the same set of indicia or the same sequence of indicia of the same set.

In my improved game I provide a sec ondary controlling feature in the arrangement of the pieces so that it is not only necessary to match up all abutting edges so far as the aforementioned indicia are concerned, but also to so arrange the pieces that the secondary indicia on all of the pieces must be arranged in certain relative positions in respect to the complete geometrical figure.

As primary indicia each game piece may have six different colored sections adjacent to the six edges or sides thereof, or may have numerals as 1 to 6, or groups of spots of l to 6, or different pictures, or different words, such as Ace, King, Queen, Jack, Ten, Nine. Other indicia will readily suggest them selves. Preferably all have the same set of indicia but no two have the separate indicia arranged in the same order around the periphery of the game piece.

In matching the pieces together, similar indicia may be paired as the red of one must be matched with the red of another, or the 6 of one match with the 6 of another, or complementary indicia may be paired as l with 6, 2 with 5, and 3 with 4:, to add 7.

As secondary indicia each game piecemay 724,756. Renewed September 11, 1925.

have a geometrical figure of other than hexagonal form, and all of these figures must bear a certain relationship to the similar figures of the other pieces when all of the pieces are properly arranged. -For instance,

each piece may have a diamond shaped figure thereon, and the lines forming these may be extended to form the six spaces for the primary indicia. The major axes of all the diamond shaped figures should extend in the same direction in the correct solution of the puzzle, and the spaces for the primary indicia form bands across the complete figure. Other secondary indicia might be employed, for instance each piece might have a small picture thereon, and all of the pictures so positioned'that they are right side up when in correct position. I

The secondary indicia mightbe in the form of arrows whioh'would point toward the center of the complete figure when in correct position.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. l is a plan view of a set of pieces constructed in accordance with my invention, and including a center piece and two encircling rows, and

Figs. 2, 3 and et are plan views of pieces having other forms of primary indicia.

In the construction illustrated in Fig. 1, there are employed a plurality of game pieces which are of regular hexagonal form, and all of the same size. These may be of any desired thickness or material, for instance of celluloid, pasteboard, wood, metal, or composition. Each piece has two pairs of parallel lines 11 each extending from one angle to another which is not diametrically opposite, so as to form a diamond shaped figure, 12. The extension of the lines beyond the angles of this figure subdivide the space outside of the diamond into six compartments or sections, one adjacent to each edge or side of the game piece. In these spaces, 13, are placed the primary indicia. In the form shown in Fig. 1 these are six different colors, although the six different kinds of shading used in Fig. l are not intended to designate any particular group of colors. The diamond shaped figure has its major axis coincident with a major axis of the game piece, while the minor axis of the diamond shaped figure is materially shorter than the minor axis of the game piece.

In arranging the game pieces as shown ill in Fig, 1, which represents a solution of the puzzle, it Will be noted that the major axes of all of the diamond shaped figures extend in the same general direction. The

diamond shaped figure in this form thus constitutes the secondary indicia of each game piece. If numbers or groups of spots differing in number are employed, it is preferable to have these arranged so that the 1 is opposite to the 6, the 2 opposite to the 5, and the 3 opposite to the d, as in ordinary dice, and in matching these pieces together the game pieces may be 50- selected as to require similar numbers to be brought together, or complementary numbers to add 7. If ace,- king, queen, jack, ten, nine, are employed, it is preferable that the ace be opposite the nine, the king opposite the ten, and the queen opposite the jack, but this is not essential.

Although Fig. 1 represents a solution of the puzzle, it is a solution for only the particular puzzle Which has the nineteendifferent sequences there represented. Obviously by selecting game pieces having the same colors but arranged in other sequences, a different solution will result and very large number of different puzzles may be made by using different sequences of colors numbers or other primary indicia.

In some instances the secondary indicia might be produced by making. two sides of each of the six-sided figures of greater 1,55s,1ea

or less length than each of the other four sides. This would have the same effect so far as controlling the putting together of the pieces, as isprodueed by a tour-sided figure printed on the game piece.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A set of hexagonal game pieces each having a set of six primary indicia adjacent to the six sides thereof, said pieces having secondary indicia so that when the game pieces are arranged to form a regular geometrical figure the primary indicia of abutting edges Will be paired, and the secondary indicia will have a predetermined relationship to the complete figure.

2. A puzzle including a set of hexagonal game pieces adapted to be arranged together to form a regular geometrical figure each of said game pieces having. two pairs of parallel lines thereon arranged to form a diamond shaped figure, the lines of the several game pieces forming bands across the entire geometrical figure, and each game piece having separate indicia in the space outside or the diamond shaped figure thereon.

Signed at New York in the county of New York and State of New York this 7th day of July A. D. 1924.

GEORGE HENRY HASXVELL. 

